. >>> a local pilot and his 13- year-old son are dead after their single engine cessna crashed into a spotsylvania county mobile home park. >> eyewitnesses on the ground say the pilot's actions may have prevented more deaths. armondo trull has more. >> the plane was coming over. heard the tree branches breaking. immediately looked over and saw the impact. >> reporter: what does it take to rush into a dangerous situation like that? you didn't give it a second thought. you jest went right up there. >> you would hope someone would do it for you. >> reporter: that plane could have blown up. >> that was not a concern of mine. two lives in there were more a concern than anything else. >> reporter: you can see how close the flight path is to this community. when the plane came crashing down last night, there were dozens of people, including kids, enjoying an early fall evening, and they say the pilot's attempt to keep from crashing into the mobile homes on either side might have been his last-ditch effort to save lives. >> the airplane came straight down at a nose-dive and he did his best jo